Dances With Wolves Reflection #2

As we have continued to watch Dances With Wolves, one thing stuck out to me the most was the language barrier.  In the beginning of the film, the Sioux tribe found Lieutenant John Dunbar to be a threat.  However, as the film progressed on, they became much closer, and in the end, the Sioux even considered John Dunbar one of them.  I found it amazing that they could overcome such a large language barrier and by the end were able to communicate with each other extremely well.  Within this part of the film, John Dunbar is also given the name "Dances with Wolves" by the Sioux.  Throughout the film, it is evident that John Dunbar spends a majority of his time with the Sioux.  When he returns to the soldier fort, there are cobwebs covering many of his belongings.  Also, when he returns to the soldier fort, he writes in his journal that he is lonely without his new friends, the Sioux tribe.  

During the second half of the film, John Dunbar joins the Sioux side in a battle against the Pawnee.  It is after this battle that John Dunbar says that he now knows who he really is, and that is part of the Sioux.  Soon after, he is held hostage and beaten by American soldiers who had taken over his soldier fort.  Once the Sioux realize that he has not returned, they adventure to find him back.  It is after this battle in which Ten Bears tells John Dunbar that is considered part of the Sioux.  It is absolutely amazing that these two completely different people could start off being threats to one another, to becoming part of one another.